PART IV.-GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE PARENTAL AND FILIAL DUTIES.

$1418. It shall be the duty of all children within the years of legal majority, to obey all the lawful and moral commands of their parents, respecting first, as most obligatory, those of the father, and next those of the mother; and, if adopted, as by law allowed, the lawful and moral commands of the parents by adoption; and, in default of natural or adopted parents, the lawful and moral commands of the guardians appointed according to law; and, in case of continued, willful and obstinate disobedience on the part of a child, it shall be lawful for any District Magistrate, upon complaint being made by any parent or guardian, to cause the said child to be arrested and brought before him; and should it appear to the said Magistrate that such child is guilty of continued, willful and obstinate disobedience, he shall sentence the said child to imprisonment at hard labor, for a term not exceeding ten days; provided, however, that no child under ten years of age shall be amenable to the provisions of this section.

$1419.

Parents, that is to say, first the father and then the mother, or, in case they be both dead, guardians, legally ap pointed, shall have control over the actions, the conduct and the education of their children within the years of legal majority; they shall have the right, at all times, to recover possession of their children by habeas corpus, and to chastise them moderately for their good; and it shall be the duty of all parents and guardans to set a good example before their children; to provide, to the best of their ability, for their support and education; to see that they are instructed in a knowledge of the Christian religion; to use their best endeavors to keep them from idleness and vice of all kinds; and to inculcate upon them habits of industry, economy and loyalty; and it shall be lawful for any Judge of the Supreme Court, or of any Circuit Court of this Republic, on a complaint being laid before him against any

parent, that he or she is encouraging their children in ignorance and vice, to summon such parents before him; and, upon its being proved to his satisfaction, to bind out such child, within the years of legal majority, to some person of good moral character, to be well supported, trained to good habits, and taught at least the rudiments of knowledge.

NOTE TO CHAPTER 79.

S$1391-1393 are S. L. 1896, Act 57, §§33, 42 and 43. §§1394-1411 are S. L. 1870, Ch. 41; C. L. p. 548. §§1412-1414 are S. L. 1882, Ch. 30; C. L. p. 683.

§1415 is P. C. Ch. 79, §6.

§1416 is S. L. 1878, Ch. 17; C. L. p. 211.

$1417 is S. L. 1865, §43; C. L. p. 211.

$1418 is P. C. Ch. 79, §5.

§1419 is S. L. 1865, §40; C. L. p. 210.

P. C. Ch. 79, §§1-4 repealed, S. L. 1896, Act 57; §§8-9 repealed, S. L. 1896, Act 50.

Cases in Hawaiian Reports: Beckley v. Lucas, 8 Haw. 41.

CHAPTER 80.

OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.

$1420. Any Road Supervisor who shall fraudulently free any person from road labor, not exempted by law, or who shall not cause the persons liable to the road tax to work the full number of days and hours prescribed by law, shall on conviction thereof, before any District Magistrate, be fined five dollars for each such offense; and all such fines shall be expended as part of the road tax of such district.

$1421. The Road Supervisor shall have power to compel the attendance and labor of the people liable to road tax, to labor on the road anywhere within the district in which they reside, provided he shall remit one day's work for every five miles travelled by the people from their places of abode, Section 1420 notwith- standing.

$1422. The Road Supervisors, in case of refusal to work, or disorderly or mutinous conduct, on the part of any workman, shall have the power to authorize and require any Constable to apprehend the offender, and take him before any District Magistrate, who shall, unless good cause be shown to the contrary, sentence such offender to a fine not exceeding five dollars, or imprisonment at hard labor not more than five days.

$1423. It shall be the duty of every man liable to the road tax to appear punctually at the time appointed for work, with suitable implements, and to work diligently as directed by the Supervisor, otherwise he shall be subject to a fine not exceeding five dollars.

$1424. All fines imposed and paid under Sections 1422 and 1423 shall be paid over by the several District Magistrates to the Road Supervisor of the district, and shall be expended by him as part of the road tax of such district.

$1425. No cattle, horses, mules or asses, exceeding ten in number, shall be driven over any bridge of wood or iron in this Republic, of ten feet span or more, under the penalty of a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars, recoverable against the driver or drivers of the same, by prosecution before any District Magistrate; provided, always, that in cases where no other passage is possible, the District Magistrate before whom such prosecution is had shall remit the fine.

$1426. No cart, wagon, dray, or carriage, drawn by oxen, horses, or mules, and no rider of any horse or mule shall pass over any wooden or iron bridge in this Republic, of ten feet span or more, at a pace faster than a walk, under a penalty of five dollars, recoverable against the driver of such cart, wagon, dray or carriage, or rider of such horse or mule, before any District Magistrate.

$1427. In the event that any damage is done to any bridge within this Republic, by reason of a violation of any of the provisions of this Act, the owner or owners, driver or drivers, rider or riders, of such cattle, horses, mules, asses, carts, wagons, drays, or carriages, shall be liable in damages by suit, at the instance of the Road Supervisor of the district, recoverable before any District Magistrate.

THE LAW OF THE ROAD.

$1428. Whenever any persons shall meet each other on any bridge, road, or other highway, travelling with carriages, wagons, carts or other vehicles, each person so meeting shall seasonably turn his horse, or other animal, or drive his carriage or other

vehicle, to the right of the middle of the travelled part of such road or bridge, when practicable; so that the respective carriages or other vehicles aforesaid may pass each other without interference.

$1429. When it is difficult or unsafe for persons traveling with any of the aforesaid carriages, or other vehicles, on account of their being heavily laden or otherwise, to turn or drive their carriages or other vehicles to the right of the middle of such travelled part, as aforesaid, any person thus prevented, when meeting with any other person travelling with any of the carriages or vehicles aforesaid, shall stop a reasonable time at a convenient part of the road, to enable such other person to pass by.

$1430. Whenever any person travelling with any carriage or vehicle as aforesaid, on any bridge, or road, shall overtake any other person with any such carriage or vehicle, either stationary or at some inconvenient place for passing by, or travelling at a slower rate, and shall request such other person to permit him to pass, it shall be the duty of the person so overtaken to turn or drive his carriage, or vehicle, to the right or left of the middle of the travelled part of said bridge or road, or to stop a reasonable time in some convenient place, for the other person to pass by.

$1431. No person shall permit his carriage or vehicle to travel or pass, on any such bridge or road, without a suitable driver or conductor; nor shall leave the same on any such bridge or road stationary, in such a situation as to obstruct other persons, travelling with any carriage or other vehicle.

$1432. Every person violating either of the foregoing provisions of the law of the road shall be fined, for each offense, not less than one, nor more than twenty-five dollars. And any person injured by any violation of the provisions aforesaid, shall